1984 LPGA Tour explained

Year:1984
Tour:LPGA Tour
Regular Season:
No Of Events:36
Most Wins:4 Amy Alcott, Patty Sheehan
Honor1:Money leader
Honoree1: Betsy King
Honor2:Player of the Year
Honoree2: Betsy King
Honor3:Rookie of the Year
Honoree3: Juli Inkster
Prevseason:1983
Nextseason:1985

The 1984 LPGA Tour was the 35th season since the LPGA Tour officially began in 1950. The season ran from January 26 to November 4. The season consisted of 36 official money events. Amy Alcott and Patty Sheehan won the most tournaments, four each. Betsy King led the money list with earnings of $266,771.

There were eight first-time winners in 1984: Sharon Barrett, Barb Bunkowsky, Cindy Hill, Christa Johnson, Betsy King, Sally Quinlan, Laurie Rinker, and Nayoko Yoshikawa.

The tournament results and award winners are listed below.

Tournament results

The following table shows all the official money events for the 1984 season.[1] "Date" is the ending date of the tournament. The numbers in parentheses after the winners' names are the number of wins they had on the tour up to and including that event. Majors are shown in bold.

Date Tournament Location Winner Score Purse ($) 1st prize ($)
Jan 29 Silvia Bertolaccini (4) 280 (-8) 200,000 30,000
Feb 5 Patty Sheehan (9) 280 (-8) 175,000 26,250
Feb 12 Alice Miller (2) 280 (-8) 175,000 26,250
Mar 4 Nancy Lopez (28) 284 (E) 300,000 45,000
Mar 11 Christa Johnson (1) 276 (-12) 150,000 22,500
Mar 18 Christa Johnson (2) 272 (-16) 150,000 22,500
Mar 25 Betsy King (1) 283 (-9) 200,000 30,000
Apr 8 Nabisco Dinah Shore Juli Inkster (2) 280 (-8) 400,000 55,000
Apr 15 Ayako Okamoto (3) 275 (-14) 200,000 30,000
Apr 22 Vicki Fergon (2) 275 (-14) 150,000 22,500
Apr 29 Betsy King (2) 202 (-14) 150,000 22,500
May 7 Sharon Barrett (1) 213 (-3) 200,000 30,000
May 13 Amy Alcott (18) 210 (-6) 175,000 26,250
May 20 Barb Bunkowsky (1) 209 (-10) 175,000 26,250
May 27 JoAnne Carner (41) 281 (-7) 150,000 22,500
Jun 3 LPGA Championship Patty Sheehan (10) 272 (-16) 250,000 37,500
Jun 10 Patty Sheehan (11) 281 (-7) 350,000 52,500
Jun 17 Ayako Okamoto (4) 281 (-7) 250,000 37,500
Jun 24 Laurie Rinker (1) 286 (-2) 225,000 33,750
Jul 1 Amy Alcott (19) 208 (-8) 200,000 30,000
Jul 8 Lauri Peterson (2) 278 (-10) 175,000 26,250
Jul 15 U.S. Women's Open Hollis Stacy (16) 290 (+2) 225,000 36,000
Jul 22 Kathy Whitworth (85) 281 (-7) 200,000 30,000
Jul 29 du Maurier Classic Juli Inkster (3) 279 (-9) 275,000 41,250
Aug 5 Alice Miller (3) 209 (-7) 150,000 22,500
Aug 12 Patty Sheehan (12) 277 (-11) 180,000 27,000
Aug 19 Nancy Lopez (29) 281 (-7) 200,000 65,000
Aug 19 Sally Quinlan (1) 284 (-4) 100,000 15,287
Aug 26 Betsy King (3) 281 (-3) 200,000 30,000
Sep 3 Cindy Hill (1) 207 (-9) 175,000 26,250
Sep 9 Amy Alcott (20) 212 (-4) 150,000 22,500
Sep 16 Kathy Whitworth (86) 279 (-9) 175,000 26,250
Sep 23 Amy Alcott (21) 211 (-8) 175,000 26,250
Oct 6 Ayako Okamoto (5) 289 (-3) 200,000 30,039
Oct 14 Kathy Whitworth (87) 285 (-3) 150,000 22,500
Nov 4 Nayoko Yoshikawa (1*) 210 (-6) 300,000 41,250
* - non-member at time of win

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://www.lpga.com/content/Chronology80-89.pdf LPGA Tournament Chronology 1980-1989